Why does admissions do this?

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Oct 10, 2005

Is there some reason why they will not tell you on the phone if you got in? Send you an email? A call? I'm not sure I can wait till the end of the week for an answer.

Not sure either. I am sick of waiting myself. I was there registering this morning and the director had the list with her and refused to tell us unitl the 15th of next month. (Talk about agony....LOL)

Keep the fingers crossed. At least you will find out a lot sooner than me. Good luck. :)

llg, PhD, RN · Oct 10, 2005

1. If people knew they could get an answer by phone, the office with be innundated by phone calls all day. People would be calling them all day trying to find out -- and possibly preventing them from getting their work done.

2. When people are expecting to hear via the telephone, they call as soon as it is conceivable that there might be an answer -- again, jamming up the phone lines and preventing you from actually doing the work required to get the decisions made!

3. When you notify someone by phone, some people inevitably get called before other people. That sometimes creates problems.

4. When you notify someone by phone, you get through to some people on the first try ... but not others. That can cause problems as you try to reach people you couldn't get on the first try. You end up spending an inordinate amount of time trying to get in touch with those people.

5. If you leave a message on an answering machine, the wrong people can hear the message.

6. When you notify people by phone, you have to deal with whatever emotions your phone call stirs up. Sometimes, that can be a positive thing ... but other times, it can get REAL MESSY. In the excitement of the moment (joy or anger) people sometimes say things they regret. It's usually better to let a person receive the news, digest it, and THEN respond to it.

Those are just a few reasons off the top of my head. I can probably think of more if I give it some serious thought.

llg -- Who runs an extern program and a scholarship program and who usually notifies people by phone. I do it that way only because I have to in order to get the immediate answers to some questions I have for those chosen. I wish I didn't have to do it that way.

Lisa CCU RN, RN · Oct 10, 2005

1. If people knew they could get an answer by phone, the office with be innundated by phone calls all day. People would be calling them all day trying to find out -- and possibly preventing them from getting their work done.
2. When people are expecting to hear via the telephone, they call as soon as it is conceivable that there might be an answer -- again, jamming up the phone lines and preventing you from actually doing the work required to get the decisions made!
3. When you notify someone by phone, some people inevitably get called before other people. That sometimes creates problems.
4. When you notify someone by phone, you get through to some people on the first try ... but not others. That can cause problems as you try to reach people you couldn't get on the first try. You end up spending an inordinate amount of time trying to get in touch with those people.
5. If you leave a message on an answering machine, the wrong people can hear the message.
6. When you notify people by phone, you have to deal with whatever emotions your phone call stirs up. Sometimes, that can be a positive thing ... but other times, it can get REAL MESSY. In the excitement of the moment (joy or anger) people sometimes say things they regret. It's usually better to let a person receive the news, digest it, and THEN respond to it.
Those are just a few reasons off the top of my head. I can probably think of more if I give it some serious thought.
llg -- Who runs an extern program and a scholarship program and who usually notifies people by phone. I do it that way only because I have to in order to get the immediate answers to some questions I have for those chosen. I wish I didn't have to do it that way.

Ok, so that explains why calling is not best, what about email.

AnnaN5 · Oct 10, 2005

Is there some reason why they will not tell you on the phone if you got in? Send you an email? A call? I'm not sure I can wait till the end of the week for an answer.

I know how you feel about waiting! The deadline for the CC I applied to is May 1st and they say they send out the letters so you will know by July 1st. I was out of town when my letter should have arrived so I tried to call but without success. The school puts up an automated message on the nursing offices voicemail for the last couple of weeks of June and the beginning of July that says something about how they will not notify anyone of their admissions decision over the phone or in person. You can't even get past the message to talk to a real person. But I see why they do it - 1200 people applied to the program, can you imagine getting that many phone calls?

MJJFan1, BSN, RN · Oct 10, 2005

I have to wait until Feb 2006 to know if I got in. I tell you what, that's very depressing. So i know how you feel.

llg, PhD, RN · Oct 10, 2005

Ok, so that explains why calling is not best, what about email.

1. Not everyone has e-mail. (Only about 75% of the nursing students I have applying to my extern program have e-mail.) To notify some that way, but not others could get sticky. Who has been notified? Who hasn't? Is the person's computer broken? Are they having network problems? Have they not paid their bill for their e-mail account? It's best to be consistent in your notification methods.

2. Have you ever tried to manually type in dozens (hundreds?) of e-mail addresses? It would take a miricle to NOT make some typos and that could cause major headaches.

3. Peronally, with the programs I run, I have found that many people change their e-mail accounts and/or cancel them and the address I have is not always accurate. Some use multiple accounts and don't check them all regularly. At least the Post Office forwards most mail when people move. E-mail accounts usually don't have that same back-up protection.

4. Most businesses are going to want one consistent way to reach everyone for "official business." They can then focus their limited resources toward making that system safe and reliable. Snail mail is usually the most reliable and consistently available for the most people -- even though it is not the fastest. To try to use additional methods requires extra work (and adds extra expense) and opens the door to additional problems.

5. To try to use multiple communication methods would add both confusion and expense to the system. Most people prefer to try to keep the costs down: that means not spending extra money on things that aren't absolutely necessary. While you are anxious to get the news, it is not absolutely necessary that you get it a couple of days sooner. Most people would not be happy to pay the extra money that it would cost to try to upgrade the communication system for that purpose.

I hope that helps you to see the situation from another perspective. Again, I wish you the best of luck in your efforts.

llg

Achoo!, LPN · Oct 10, 2005

I was told over the phone that I am in, but it will be 2-4 weeks before I get " the letter".

Fun2, BSN, RN · Oct 10, 2005

300-1000+ applicants would be too much. The person's inbox would be full & half of the studen't e-mail's would be sent back to them.

I can see the school calling those 110 (in my case) applicants that got in, but I'd rather see it on paper. (Could be some prank call from a very, very, very mean person....saying I got in when I didn't, or saying I didn't when I did.) :rotfl: :rotfl:

Lisa CCU RN, RN · Oct 10, 2005

I was told over the phone that I am in, but it will be 2-4 weeks before I get " the letter".

You must love your school! That's how it should be done. :coollook:

Nathalie · Oct 11, 2005

I guess it depends from school to school because my advisor called me personally to tell me I got in the very next day she found out I made it into the program. Than of course Im crying on the phone and telling her how much I love her. She said how much she knew it meant to me to get accepted and that she wanted to let me know personally. Boy do I love my advisor!!!!:chuckle

Fun2, BSN, RN · Oct 11, 2005

That is so sweet!

I really don't know any of the advisors at my school, as I have only talked to them a couple of times.

It does make me want to check my phone messages though! :chuckle

I guess it depends from school to school because my advisor called me personally to tell me I got in the very next day she found out I made it into the program. Than of course Im crying on the phone and telling her how much I love her. She said how much she knew it meant to me to get accepted and that she wanted to let me know personally. Boy do I love my advisor!!!!:chuckle